Full Text of SB2821 100th General Assembly
SB2821sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Terry Link Filed: 4/20/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2821
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2821 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 1-17 as follows: | 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-17 new) | 7 | | Sec. 1-17. Vote centers. | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 9 | | "Board" means: | 10 | | (1) the board of election commissioners; or | 11 | | (2) if no board of election commissioners exists, the | 12 | | county board for the county coterminous with the election | 13 | | jurisdiction. | 14 | | "Vote center" means a polling place where a voter who | 15 | | resides in the county in which the vote center is located may | 16 | | vote without regard to which precinct the voter resides in. |
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| 1 | | (b) A board may establish vote centers in an election | 2 | | jurisdiction by doing the following: | 3 | | (1) the board shall hold an initial public hearing | 4 | | where a draft plan shall be presented by the election | 5 | | authority for administration of vote centers in the | 6 | | election jurisdiction; | 7 | | (2) after presentation of the draft plan, the board | 8 | | shall accept written public comments for at least 14 days; | 9 | | (3) at least 14 days after presentation of the draft | 10 | | plan, the board shall hold a final public hearing to | 11 | | consider the draft plan, the written public comments, and | 12 | | any other public comment that the board may permit on the | 13 | | draft plan; the most frequently submitted public comments | 14 | | and questions must be addressed at this hearing, and posted | 15 | | online by the board; | 16 | | (4) after consideration of the draft plan and the | 17 | | public comments, the board may: | 18 | | (A) vote to adopt an order approving the draft | 19 | | plan; or | 20 | | (B) amend the draft plan and then vote to adopt an | 21 | | order approving the amended draft plan. | 22 | | The board may adopt the order to approve a plan by a | 23 | | three-fifths vote of the board. The order and adopted plan must | 24 | | be filed with the State Board of Elections and made available | 25 | | to the public. | 26 | | Following the adoption of a plan establishing vote centers |
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| 1 | | by three-fifths vote of the board, the election authority may | 2 | | submit a revised draft plan to the board. In order to adopt the | 3 | | revised draft plan, the board shall consider the plan according | 4 | | to subsections (1) through (4), unless the revised plan changes | 5 | | only the location of vote centers in the jurisdiction. If the | 6 | | revised plan changes the location of vote centers and makes no | 7 | | other changes to the existing plan, then the board may adopt | 8 | | the new plan with a three-fifths vote at its meeting without | 9 | | requiring the public comment period described in subsections | 10 | | (2) and (3). | 11 | | (c) The plan required by subsection (b) must include the | 12 | | following: | 13 | | (1) The total number of vote centers to be established. | 14 | | (2) The location of each vote center. | 15 | | (3) The total number of voters within the election | 16 | | jurisdiction. | 17 | | (4) The number of active voters within the election | 18 | | jurisdiction. | 19 | | (5) The number of inactive voters within the election | 20 | | jurisdiction. | 21 | | (6) For each vote center designated under paragraph | 22 | | (2): | 23 | | (A) a description of how the vote center will | 24 | | ensure every ballot style appearing in the | 25 | | jurisdiction will be available to voters at the vote | 26 | | center; and |
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| 1 | | (B) certification that at least 3 poll workers will | 2 | | be present at each vote center on election day. | 3 | | (7) A certification that the proposed vote centers are | 4 | | accessible to disabled voters and comply with the | 5 | | accessibility requirements applicable to polling places. | 6 | | (8) The total number and locations of early voting | 7 | | locations to be established at vote center locations | 8 | | designated under paragraph (2). | 9 | | (9) A plan to educate voters on the transition to vote | 10 | | centers. | 11 | | (10) A plan and allocation request to send a one-time | 12 | | vote by mail application to all registered voters prior to | 13 | | the first election where vote centers are used. | 14 | | (11) Consideration of the following accommodations for | 15 | | accessibility and placement: | 16 | | (A) vote center proximity to public | 17 | | transportation; | 18 | | (B) vote center proximity to communities with | 19 | | historically low vote by mail usage; | 20 | | (C) vote center location proximity to population | 21 | | centers; | 22 | | (D) vote center proximity to language minority | 23 | | communities; | 24 | | (E) vote center proximity to voters with | 25 | | disabilities; | 26 | | (F) vote center location proximity to low-income |
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| 1 | | communities; | 2 | | (G) vote center proximity to communities of | 3 | | eligible voters who are not registered to vote and may | 4 | | need access to same day voter registration; and | 5 | | (H) proximity to accessible and free parking at | 6 | | vote centers. | 7 | | (d) Except as provided otherwise in this subsection, a plan | 8 | | must provide a vote center for use by voters residing within | 9 | | the election jurisdiction for use in a primary election, | 10 | | general election, special election, municipal primary, or | 11 | | municipal election conducted on or after the effective date of | 12 | | the board's order. | 13 | | (1) The plan must provide for at least one vote center | 14 | | for each 7,500 active voters who are eligible to vote in | 15 | | the election in which the vote centers are used. | 16 | | (2) In addition to the vote centers designated in | 17 | | paragraph (1), the plan must provide for a vote center for | 18 | | any remaining fraction of 7,500 active voters who are | 19 | | eligible to vote in the election in which the vote centers | 20 | | are used. | 21 | | (e) Before adopting an order establishing vote centers in | 22 | | an election jurisdiction in accordance with this Section, the | 23 | | election authority must determine that: | 24 | | (1) the secure electronic connection at each vote | 25 | | center is sufficient to prevent: | 26 | | (A) any voter from voting more than once; and |
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| 1 | | (B) unauthorized access by any person to the | 2 | | computerized list of voters in the election | 3 | | jurisdiction; | 4 | | (2) the planned design and location of the equipment | 5 | | and precinct officers will provide the most efficient | 6 | | access for: | 7 | | (A) voters to enter the polls, cast their ballots, | 8 | | and leave the vote center; and | 9 | | (B) precinct election officials, watchers, | 10 | | challengers, and poll book holders to exercise their | 11 | | and perform their duties within the vote center; | 12 | | (3) the planned design does not have a | 13 | | disproportionately negative effect on racial or language | 14 | | minority voters, based on 52 U.S.C. 10301; and | 15 | | (4) the planned design includes one vote center per | 16 | | each 7,500 voters eligible to vote in the election on | 17 | | Election Day, and one vote center per each 10,000 | 18 | | registered voters eligible to vote in the election for at | 19 | | least 8 hours on each of the 3 days before election day; | 20 | | and | 21 | | (5) distributes the vote centers equitably across the | 22 | | jurisdiction so as to afford maximally convenient options | 23 | | for voters. | 24 | | (f) Except as provided in subsection (h) or as specified | 25 | | otherwise by the board, an order establishing vote centers in | 26 | | an election jurisdiction in accordance with subsection (b) |
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| 1 | | takes effect immediately upon the filing of the order with the | 2 | | State Board of Elections, after local approval. The State Board | 3 | | of Elections shall publish the plan on its website once it is | 4 | | filed. | 5 | | (g) An order filed with the State Board of Elections in | 6 | | accordance with subsection (b) during the final 60 days before | 7 | | an election becomes effective on the day following the | 8 | | election. An order filed with the State Board of Elections in | 9 | | accordance with subsection (b) remains in effect until the | 10 | | board, by a three-fifths vote, rescinds the order establishing | 11 | | vote centers in the election jurisdiction and files a copy of | 12 | | the document rescinding the order with the State Board of | 13 | | Elections. | 14 | | (h) Each election authority in a county with a vote center | 15 | | and the State Board of Elections shall publish notice of the | 16 | | location of each vote center. Each election authority shall | 17 | | publish the location of the vote centers electronically on its | 18 | | website, if the election authority has a website, as well as in | 19 | | the manner prescribed for the publication of other polling | 20 | | places under Article 12 of this Code. For the first election | 21 | | after the establishment of vote centers under subsection (b), | 22 | | the election authority shall mail to each voter a notice of the | 23 | | vote center locations, and notice that the voter may vote in | 24 | | person at any vote center in the election jurisdiction. The | 25 | | notice shall also include information regarding which early | 26 | | voting locations will also serve as election day vote centers. |
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| 1 | | (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | 2 | | election authority shall administer an election conducted at a | 3 | | vote center in accordance with federal law, this Code, and the | 4 | | plan adopted with the board's order under subsection (b). | 5 | | (j) A vote center shall replace a polling place when used | 6 | | on election day and shall serve as a temporary early voting | 7 | | site before election day. | 8 | | (k) This Section shall apply only to election jurisdictions | 9 | | with less than 1,000,000 residents. | 10 | | (l) Within 2 years of the adoption of a vote center plan | 11 | | under this Section, the election jurisdiction shall hold public | 12 | | meetings to consider revising the plan with the public's | 13 | | input. ".
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